
we are the generation
you gave participant
trophies to.
we are the generation
you made wear helmets,
elbow pads, & kneepads.
we are the generation
you gave censored CDs
& PG movies to.
we are the generation
you spent years overprotecting
then threw to the wolves.
now we are the generation
running on nothing but coffee
& three hours of sleep.
we are the generation
making minimum-wage jobs
with college degrees.
we are the generation
making just enough
money to survive.
we are the generation
you didn’t want to see fail
then ensured that we did.
-millennials.
(From the book of poems by New Jersey-based poet Amanda Lovelace titled ‘the princess saves herself in this one’. The featured photo is a young woman textile worker by artist-educator-muralist Janet Essley.)

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